THREAT ADVISORIES

In October 2026, the financially motivated threat actor Storm-3358 began targeting organizations in the financial sector using the agentic AI offensive framework ARTEX. The post ARTEX abuse expands as cybercriminals target financial sector appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog .

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Agencies and AHA Warn of Risks to Blood Supplies, Critical OT Systems U.S. officials are urging healthcare organizations and other critical infrastructure operators to strengthen cyber protections for internet-connected refrigeration systems amid a wave of attacks in Europe that have disrupted cold storage equipment, including systems used to preserve blood supplies.

SonicWall has released security updates to fix seven vulnerabilities in SonicOS firewalls, including an SSL-VPN authentication bypass flaw exploited in attacks. [...]

Layer3 found residential proxy traffic using the White House network, raising concerns about potential exposure of internal systems. Layer3 Intel says it found residential proxy traffic leaving through the White House network. The researchers spotted it while browsing their new Residential Proxy Observatory, a tool that gives a global view of residential proxy and anonymized […]

OpenAI has revealed GPT-6 Cyber, a new artificial intelligence model that has discovered 81 previously unknown high-severity Firefox vulnerabilities and developed working exploits for 948 distinct Linux kernel flaws. [...]

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Google Chrome, the most severe of which could allow for arbitrary code execution. Successful exploitation of the most severe of these vulnerabilities could allow for arbitrary code execution in the context of the logged on user. Depending on the privileges associated with the user an attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than those who operate with administrative user rights.

Cybersecurity professionals are being targeted with infected security projects on GitHub that deploy a backdoor and information stealer malware. [...]

QNAP urges users to update Plex Media Server to the latest version available in the QNAP App Center, as hackers are exploiting the Plex2Shell vulnerability chain. [...]

Under Apple’s new policy, the company will scan publicly shared iCloud links for harmful content – and possibly ban violators.

Some WordPress sites can still be attacked while they install the fix for an actively exploited flaw, according to Umut Bayram, the Picus Security researcher who found it. The update that installs the fix still unpacks its files using the site's old, unpatched code, so an attacker who strikes at the right moment can run code on the server. The researcher advises blocking web access to the

Threat actors are attempting to exploit a recently disclosed security flaw impacting OpenSSH that can enable sign-ins to accounts that have no password set, according to Previdian. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-123158 (CVSS score: 8.1) and codenamed SSHole (or *sshole), impacts Linux systems that run OpenSSH on the musl C library with Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) disabled,

A Railway engineer admitted testing AI agents on Primcloud, whose founder says they sought customer secrets and scanned…

Social media platforms Google, Meta, and TikTok say California’s law violates their free-speech rights and interferes with parents’ decisions.

OpenAI on Thursday unveiled GPT‑6 Cyber, which it described as a major step forward in security research that brings together stronger cybersecurity capabilities with a step-change improvement in model alignment. The new model is "more capable at finding and fixing vulnerabilities, and far more reliable staying within the boundaries researchers set," OpenAI said. It has classified the model as

This is fascinating : The video describes a technique that can reveal where an otherwise unidentifiable recording was made by analyzing its audio for the faint sounds of passing aircraft. The technique is both fascinating and frightening. It works by looking at Doppler curves, which plot the way a plane’s sound changes as it passes overhead because of the Doppler effect. This is the same familiar Doppler effect that causes the frequency of a siren to rise as it approaches and then fall as it passes by and moves away. More generally, it’s the phenomenon whereby the frequency of a wave perceived by an observer changes when the observer and the source of the wave are moving in relation to one another...

The U.S. is working on extraditing three suspects from Europe in a case involving more than $100 million in fraud from CEO impersonations.

Cryptographic protocols like Privacy Pass help keep web sites safe from abuse while keeping their users private. This post looks at the quantum threat to these protocols, and some new post-quantum cryptography that may help close the gap.

D-Link shared mitigation measures for multiple unpatched security flaws affecting DGS-3130 series managed Gigabit stackable switches. [...]

A fix for CVE-2026-83844, a remote code execution flaw in Windows Paint, is now in the Microsoft Store. Paint gets this fix only through a Store update, not through Windows updates. The fixed build, 11.2609.401.0, was the newest Paint build in all ten countries The Hacker News checked today. The flaw is an out-of-bounds read that could let an attacker run code over a network. Microsoft rates

A browser extension that can run scripts on claude.ai could make Claude Desktop run code on a person's computer, researchers at Forever Security, an endpoint security company, showed in a test. The attack needs Dispatch, a Claude feature that lets people send tasks from their phone to Claude Desktop. The flaw that makes this possible can still be exploited, the researchers said earlier this

CISA has added one new vulnerability to its  Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog , based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2026-19868 SonicWall SonicOS SSLVPN Use of Single-factor Authentication Vulnerability This type of vulnerability is a frequent attack vector for malicious cyber actors and poses significant risks to the federal enterprise. Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 26-04: Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk establishes vulnerability management requirements for Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies. BOD 26-04 reinforces the importance of the KEV Catalog and requires federal agencies to prioritize rapid remediation of high-risk vulnerabilities, specifically those identified by Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) listed in CISA’s KEV Catalog on publicly exposed assets that grant total control of the asset post-exploitation, while deferring action for lower-risk vulnerabilities. BOD 26-04 further establishes basic expectations for when agencies must check whether threat actors compromised the system before the patch was applied. While BOD 26-04 applies only to FCEB agencies, CISA encourages all organizations to adopt risk-based vulnerability management and prioritize remediation of  KEV Catalog vulnerabilities . CISA will continue to add vulnerabilities to the catalog that meet the  specified criteria . Aware of an exploited vulnerability not currently listed in the KEV Catalog? Submit it f...

The White House network has been working as an exit point for residential proxy services, a setup that may open a path into one of the most closely guarded networks in the world, Layer3 Intel found. In a blog post, the threat intelligence firm reported that its proxy enumeration pipeline exited through AS2650, the network registered to the Executive Office of the President, 236 times between October 5 and November 3. The exits came from … More → The post Residential proxy traffic caught leaving the White House network appeared first on Help Net Security .

OpenAI has introduced GPT-6 Cyber, a version of GPT-6 Astra trained to find software vulnerabilities, test how attackers could exploit them, and help develop fixes. The model is designed for authorized security testing of websites and applications. Vulnerability research and security testing OpenAI used GPT-6 Cyber to help secure its systems, including the infrastructure used to train its AI models. In controlled security tests, agents using GPT-6 Cyber and other OpenAI models combined vulnerabilities to … More → The post OpenAI’s GPT-6 Cyber found 81 Firefox flaws earlier AI testing missed appeared first on Help Net Security .

ENISA warns of cyberattacks on European refrigeration systems, exposing risks to supermarkets, food supplies and industrial controls. The European Union has issued a coordinated cybersecurity warning after a series of attacks hit commercial refrigeration systems in several Member States. The incidents, which began in October and continued with a new wave on November 1 and […]

OpenAI says GPT-6 Astra sometimes secretly underperformed on safety research, raising concerns about AI reliability and alignment. OpenAI has disclosed that its GPT-6 Astra model sometimes quietly obstructed safety and alignment work. In a report updated on November 4, the company calls it covert underperformance. Astra added unnecessary prerequisites, abandoned working solutions and reported blockers […]

Threat actors are going after the controllers that keep grocery store freezers and cold storage rooms at safe temperatures, and they may push those units into continuous heating and defrost cycles, five US federal agencies warned in a joint advisory published on Thursday. CISA, the FBI, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Transportation (DOT) issued the warning in response to ongoing malicious activity … More → The post US agencies warn attackers are targeting refrigeration systems that protect food and medicine appeared first on Help Net Security .

Britain's new Labour-led government is making a concerted push to get ahead of the AI risks to its national networks and the industrial complex.

How did you enjoy October 2026 Patch Tuesday? Were there enough CVEs reported to keep you busy for the rest of the year or are you finished and ready for another round next week? They released the regularly scheduled update nearly two and a half hours late, but Microsoft did resolve another record-breaking 1,407 unique CVEs. As in previous months, there were limited CVEs we needed to immediately deal with. In October, one zero-day CVE-2026-96951 … More → The post November 2026 Patch Tuesday forecast: Old software continues to bite appeared first on Help Net Security .

The AI running inside large companies has stopped waiting for permission. Across five categories of AI, from chatbots to process automation, more than half of 3,600 business decision-makers say the systems their teams use can act within defined rules without routine review, or finish whole processes with no human approval. 87% of those same respondents say their organization needs a better way to approve, monitor and control how AI gets used. Vanson Bourne ran the … More → The post 87% say their AI controls need to work better appeared first on Help Net Security .

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of OriginLab Origin Viewer. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The ZDI has assigned a CVSS rating of 7.8. The following CVEs are assigned: CVE-2026-114559.

This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Philips Hue Bridge Pro. Although authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability, the existing authentication mechanism can be bypassed. The ZDI has assigned a CVSS rating of 8.0. The following CVEs are assigned: CVE-2026-118632.

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of OriginLab Origin Viewer. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The ZDI has assigned a CVSS rating of 7.8. The following CVEs are assigned: CVE-2026-114567.

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of OriginLab Origin Viewer. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The ZDI has assigned a CVSS rating of 7.8. The following CVEs are assigned: CVE-2026-114565.

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of LibreOffice. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The ZDI has assigned a CVSS rating of 7.8. The following CVEs are assigned: CVE-2026-76181.

This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of Philips Hue Bridge Pro. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The ZDI has assigned a CVSS rating of 8.8. The following CVEs are assigned: CVE-2026-122044.

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to create a denial-of-service condition on affected installations of Quest NetVault Backup. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The ZDI has assigned a CVSS rating of 7.5. The following CVEs are assigned: CVE-2026-13270.

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of OriginLab Origin Viewer. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The ZDI has assigned a CVSS rating of 7.8. The following CVEs are assigned: CVE-2026-114563.

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of OriginLab Origin Viewer. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The ZDI has assigned a CVSS rating of 7.8. The following CVEs are assigned: CVE-2026-114569.

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of OriginLab Origin Viewer. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The ZDI has assigned a CVSS rating of 7.8. The following CVEs are assigned: CVE-2026-114561.

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of OriginLab Origin Viewer. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The ZDI has assigned a CVSS rating of 7.8. The following CVEs are assigned: CVE-2026-114560.

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Home Assistant Green. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code within a container on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The ZDI has assigned a CVSS rating of 8.8. The following CVEs are assigned: CVE-2026-91131.

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of OriginLab Origin Viewer. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The ZDI has assigned a CVSS rating of 7.8. The following CVEs are assigned: CVE-2026-114558.

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of OriginLab Origin Viewer. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The ZDI has assigned a CVSS rating of 7.8. The following CVEs are assigned: CVE-2026-114568.

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of OriginLab Origin Viewer. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The ZDI has assigned a CVSS rating of 7.8. The following CVEs are assigned: CVE-2026-114564.

This vulnerability allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Docker Sandboxes. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The ZDI has assigned a CVSS rating of 7.8. The following CVEs are assigned: CVE-2026-121614.

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Trimble SketchUp. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The ZDI has assigned a CVSS rating of 7.8. The following CVEs are assigned: CVE-2026-121741.

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to create a denial-of-service condition on affected installations of Quest NetVault Backup. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The ZDI has assigned a CVSS rating of 7.5. The following CVEs are assigned: CVE-2026-13269.